2020 Funding Round
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Aotearoa New Zealand Science Journalism Fund offered an expedited funding round for projects related to COVID-19.
Supporters Of The COVID-19 Funding Round
- Science Media Centre: $8,500
- Te Pūnaha Matatini: $5,000
- ESR: $4,000
Funded Projects
Vaping: its role in the Covid-19 crisis and if proposed new regulations go far enough
Nicky Pellegrino, freelancer, for intended publication in Newsroom
Baking, biking and bubbles: has the Covid-19 lockdown made us more or less healthy?
Niki Bezzant, freelance
Covid-1984, will we sacrifice our privacy to stop a pandemic
Robin Kerr, RE: News
- New Zealand’s made it to zero Covid cases but our contact tracing apps had little to do with it
- Next gen Covid apps could be used to spy on us if we don’t get privacy controls right
On the Offensive: Otago researchers tackling Covid-19
Bruce Munro, Otago Daily Times
What happens when a new disease emerges?
Libby Wilson, Stuff/Waikato Times
- A novel enemy: the opening shots of a pandemic
- A novel enemy: Outflanking the pathogen behind Covid-19
- A novel enemy: the antivirus arms race against Covid-19
- A novel enemy: the long road to victory against coronavirus
COVID-19 and other crises
Veronika Meduna, freelance, for intended publication in New Zealand Geographic
The unexpected experiment
James Dann, freelance – publication on The Spinoff
- When it all stopped: measuring the impacts of the great lockdown experiment
- How the Covid lockdown changed our air, our water, and the sounds around us
- The lockdown stamped out a deadly virus. Its health impact did not stop there
- How the lockdown changed our diets, affected our sleep, and left us lonely